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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How many calories/gram is protein?






2. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






3. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






4. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






5. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






6. What does DASH stand for?






7. What foods have high quality protein?






8. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






9. What is the function of vitamin C?






10. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






11. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






12. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






13. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






14. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






15. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






16. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






17. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






18. What is the function of vitamin E?






19. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






20. Where can you get more vitamin D?






21. What function is vitamin D?






22. Name six sources of grains






23. The higher the BMR a client has --






24. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






25. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






26. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






27. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






28. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






29. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






30. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






31. Sources of fats






32. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






33. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






34. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






35. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






36. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






37. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






38. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






39. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






40. What is normal albumin levels?






41. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






42. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






43. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






44. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






45. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






46. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






47. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






48. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






49. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






50. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease